What kind of Tang is this?

[SaltyDawgie]

Yep, definitely not C. truncatus.

Click on the through the images. There's a French one that looks nearly identical to yours. http://www.fishbase.se/summary/59486

This tang will still be in the 6+" range, same as all the other Ctenochaetus besides Chevron.

Do you think it will be happy spending its life in a 90 gallon tank? I am worried about how big it will get... I was expecting a Bristletooth Tomini. The fish I got is beautiful, and I would love to keep it, but I don't want it to outgrow the tank. I get attached....

 

[nereefpat]

My sources: fishbase, John Randall's Surgeonfishes of Hawaii and the World, tell me they all are about the same size, except for Chevron.

So, the same as a tomini.

I think it will be fine. It's cool to have something unique.

 

[Ento-Reefer]

Does your fish look like this? The tail looks different in your photos.

I have had this blue lipped for 6 years and it looked more like your photo when I first got it, but much smaller. Mine started out in a 95 gallon and is in my 180 now. I think it would have been fine forever in the 95. It is about the size of a kole tang. Beautiful fish!!!

 

[nereefpat]

Nice pic and info, @Ento-Reefer

 

[SaltyDawgie]

Does your fish look like this? The tail looks different in your photos.

I have had this blue lipped for 6 years and it looked more like your photo when I first got it, but much smaller. Mine started out in a 95 gallon and is in my 180 now. I think it would have been fine forever in the 95. It is about the size of a kole tang. Beautiful fish!!!

Mine looks very much like that, but the tail is not the same. The tail on mine makes a “V” when moving through the water. Mine is also lighter in color... “she”(?) is beautiful. Yours is beautiful too... you got a much better photo. Mine hides from me when she seems my camera. I will got a better picture when she settles in and gets used to the routine.

 

[Superdad4]

Beer works for me...and it would probably give the fish a break too to go have one.

Any fish in LFS or new to tank will be stressed and not showing best colors or markings, right now leaving it alone is probably best really

Don’t forget some vodka for the corals.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Looks like maculaceps AKA freckled face tang. They eat like pigs and friendly. Also good algae grazers

 

[nereefpat]

I would bet the farm that it's Ctenochaetus genus and not Acanthurus genus.

 

[SaltyDawgie]

Several have said it is likely Ctenochaetus cyanocheilus, and I think that is it. I snapped this photo today.

 

[Ento-Reefer]

Several have said it is likely Ctenochaetus cyanocheilus, and I think that is it. I snapped this photo today.

Yes. I do believe it is the same as mine. Yours looks thin. I would make sure it is eating and maybe offer an extra feeding or two each day to help fatten it up. It will lose the yellow as it matures. Yours is the only other one I have seen on R2R. Good luck with it

 

[Borsalino]

I have the same, it's an Ctenochaetus cyanocheilus.

 

[Onewolf]

How about some updated photos?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Nice looking maculiceps !!

 

[DoninHouston]

https://www.liveaquaria.com/product/2994/squaretail-bristletooth-tang?pcatid=2994&c=15+43+2994

Pretty sure it's a bristletooth tank. Remember to feed it lots of algae and seaweed. It's a herbivore.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Pretty sure it's a bristletooth tank. Remember to feed it lots of algae and seaweed. It's a herbivore.

It’s going to need a lot more than that as it requires fatty matter and aminos
Spirulina brine shrimp
Mysis shrimp
Formula 2 flake and frozen
LRS herbivore diet
Hikari mega veggie
Hikari marine cuisine

selcon vitamins and garlic extract added to foods for immunity health

 

[Gtinnel]

Pretty sure it's a bristletooth tank. Remember to feed it lots of algae and seaweed. It's a herbivore.

I'm guessing by now they've either figured out to feed it appropriately or starved it to death...the thread is over 2 years old.

Sorry I couldn't resist pointing out the date.

 

[vetteguy53081]

I'm guessing by now they've either figured out to feed it appropriately or starved it to death...the thread is over 2 years old.

Sorry I couldn't resist pointing out the date.

I caught that right away especially since I commented back in October 2019 but disagreed on the statement of all they need is seaweed

 

[Gtinnel]

I caught that right away especially since I commented back in October 2019 but disagreed on the statement of all they need is seaweed

My post was meant to be directed toward the person, who I'm guessing didn't realize, they resurrected an old thread.

I noticed you were the last one to post several years ago.

 

[Oropher]

I got this Tang from my LFS. I thought they were getting me a Bristletooth Tomini. I am trying to figure out what it is. I am torn between a Squaretail Bristletooth or a Kole Yellow Eye... or something else. The fish's eye is yellow with a dark ring around it, but the picture doesn't show the yellow too well. Can anyone help me identify what I have?

Could be Ctenochaetus striatus.